Use the Physical Inventory Posting (PIP) window (also called the "count file") to make the following types of updates to your Inventory items:
enter quantities counted during a physical inventory, and assign or update location codes
enter shrinkage amounts (due to theft, breakage, store use, etc.)
The Count File is a holding file that allows you to enter these item updates without directly affecting your Inventory file. When you're finished entering the information, you update the Inventory file by running the Physical Inventory Report (RPI) with the appropriate update options.
To accommodate the different types of updates you may be making to your Inventory file, two methods of entering items into PIP are available:
Add items to the count file automatically. Run the Physical Inventory Report (RPI) to load a range of items into the count file. This method is used when taking a physical inventory of all or part of your store, and/or adding location codes to items. For more information about loading the count file using RPI, click here.
Add items to the count file manually. This method is used to enter shrinkage, or to enter physical inventory counts/locations when you prefer not to load the count file using method 1 (such as when you are only counting and/or changing location codes for a few items). See the topic "Adding Items to the Count File Manually" in this book for more information.